flâneur

Radha Munver

0 followers · 3 following · 356 views

on the atlas — 44

highlights — 2

  • This historical compromise has led us to what is now a profound disconnect: the abstractions, or symbols, lost their original meaning. Similar to the famous Cargo Cults of the Pacific Islands, who mimicked rituals associated with Western visitors without understanding the underlying function, neural network hardware primitives became dogma rather than purpose-driven design. Linear algebra, though a powerful tool for many problems, became the undisputed foundation. The fundamental question of whether linear algebra truly represents the most efficient way to express neural network activity was s…
    Neural co-evolution - Unconventional AI
  • The zen of playbit Playbit is delightful and invites exploration. Exploration is always safe, but not at the expense of flexibility. It is in many ways a tool for getting the job done; a means to an end, but not at the expense of delight or playful exploration. Explicit is better than implicit. Simple is better than complex. Simple is better than easy. Easy is better than having to make many choices. Simplicity does not mean easy, but it may mean straight-forward or uncomplicated. Just because something may be simple, don’t mistake it for crude. Simplicity is a goal, not a by-product. Choose s…
    playbit